Seeking Ideas for Unique/creative Christening Centerpiece

J.-
Everyone loved the centerpieces for my son's baptism in June. I went to a local nursery and got a large potted flowering vine type of plant. They were $8 each. The height was perfect so it didn't interfere with conversation. Plus the flowers were spilling over onto the table. We wrapped them in colored tissue paper and cellophane. They looked awesome. We had a large bow wrapped around them that matched the color of the bow on the party favors. The best part -- The centerpiece I took home is still alive, outside on my front porch.
Have fun!
-T.

You can do a white wicker basket and decorate the handle with ribbon - add a pot of flowers.

Or, you can try to find white watering cans and add ribbons (blue, pink or green/yellow and put some cut flowers in. And you can spray paint them white (or a color) if you're feeling crafty.

I also knew someone who put the menu in a cute photo frame. At the end, she played a game - the oldest lady at the table got the frame and the youngest got the flowers. You can also do the person with the oldest/youngest/most kids gets the centerpiece.

I just had my son's christening and my centerpieces were a hit.. However they weren't entirely homemade..What I did was order photo cookies from Veronica's treats.com and then made chocolate lollipops at home. I got baskets and assembled the cookies with with the chocolate lollipops (done in my color scheme) by inserting them into foam inserts (so they were propped up). Then I added a colorful fill and ribbon around the baskets. It was a lot of fun. Also, the centerpieces acted as favors too and everyone was able to take a cookie and/or lollipop home!

We made cross shaped chocolate lolli pops... and we bought from a craft store the molds and we also bought a few cone shaped styrofoam things.... after we made the pops, we put ribbons on the styrofoam cones... like pretty blue hanging ribbons.. and pushed the pops into the cone.. they made pretty centerpeices.. and each person could take a pop or two.. to make the chocolate.. i use chocolate bars.. whichever is on sale.. and shop rite.. like hershey, nestle.. only good brands.. take two pots - in one pot put a little water.. like a cup to cup and half of water.. put the empty pot on top of the one with water.. add the chocolate to empty pot.. and i add 1 teaspoon of shortening per bar and half.. put the pots on medium.. as the chocolate starts to melt... stir.. then pour into molds.. you can also add little m & ms to the molds to make them look pretty... put in the fridge for about 1 hour.. and now you have pops... add the stick before you put into the fridge.. I also love making pretty choco covered pretzels.. and those you can make a lot of ... and you can put them in nice containers on the table... good luck

I was at a Bris and they had the large Lil Tykes dump Trucks at the main table with a balloon tied to it and shredded paper in it for decorations. They also had little bags of goodies for the children.

Hi J.:
How nice that your sil is getting help from you to plan such a special event.
For all my childrens christening, I used small flowering plants such as african violets or cyclemen (sp?). I put 3-4 on each table (sometimes around a floating candle bowl) and at the end each family can take one home. I also gave out small angel ornaments to each family, I have gotten them from Oriental Trading Co or other online stores that offer things in bulk.

God luck and have fun planning !

Hey, J.. Congrats on being a Godmommy. That's great. I just had my son's Communion in April and I was stupmed on a center piece, so we went with a small plant. I went to home depot and bought a plant that I new would last, wasn't going to be to much on the table and they were only $2 each. I gave 1 to each household, not each person. The restaurant lined them up right down the table and they looked awesome. I went to a local florist and purchased 10 small pieces of blue foil to wrap around the bottom of the plant. It really did look great. I never told anyone they were "take home" until the end. We took my son's picture ourselves, had 10 made up (SOOO cheap), bought really nice silver frames in Walmart (2 for $3), wrapped them in tissue paper, put it in a nice gift bag (thick inexpensive ones at Michaels and all sizes) and gave that and the plant along w/ home made chocolate peanut caramel clusters (only do this if you have plenty of time and patience - my daughter will probably not have that at her's - lol). So inexpensive and a HUGE hit. It may have cost $5-$6 per household. Not bad if you ask me. People are still talking about it. I love it.

Good luck and God Bless the baby!!!